Xavier Samuel says the Twilight fandom is a “cool thing”

In what looks to be a new interview, Xavier Samuel discusses being involved with the Twilight phenomenon and his appreciation for the fan-base.

His first foray into the US film industry was a role as newborn vampire Riley in the third instalment of the Twilight franchise, Eclipse.

“I was in Sydney doing American auditions for a while, just sending these DVDs off, not knowing whose desk they landed on, or if anyone even watched the audition, just sending them off into oblivion,” Samuel says.
“Twilight was just another audition that came along, so I did it as best I could and sent it off and forgot about it. A month or two went by and then I heard it was down to me and four or five other guys, so I got myself on a plane to Vancouver, met the director and it all happened fairly quickly after that.
“It was incredible to be involved in a story of that magnitude that reaches that far and wide, and has a really passionate following.”
As for the fans, Samuel embraces the self-proclaimed Twihard fan base as a phenomenon in itself.
“Often people palm it off as craziness but it’s really a kind of cool thing when people are able to express their enthusiasm in that way.”

Read more at Yahoo! where Xavier discusses his other projects.
Via Xavier’s Official FB Fan Page